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CPT® 62147, Under Repair Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 62147 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures on the Skull, Meninges, and Brain.

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The provider repairs a skull bone defect larger than 5 cm by using bone tissue harvested from another part of the patient and transferred to the cranium.  This service resolves cranial defects as a result of depressed skull fractures, congenital abnormalities, tumors, or other trauma or disease.

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Cranioplasty for skull defect
Do we choose between 62146 and 62147 according on the size of the defect before the repair or after? I have a case where the cranial defect is less than five, but after the repair the size of the defe... [ Read More ]
Cranioplasty for skull defect
I would look at 62140 and 62141. Codes 62146 and 62147 are if the physician harvests bone graft from the patient to repair the defect. However, also make sure he is not planning on billing for a cr... [ Read More ]
Cranial Vault Reconstruction
Any coders with experience in this type of coding, your help would be greatly appreciated: CF surgeon wants to bill 61559 and 62147 NS surgeon wants to bill 61559 and 61556 [U]CF op note[/U]: POSTOPE... [ Read More ]
Skull Base Procedure
Please help. When coding Skull Base Procedures, can you code 61595, 61615, and 62147 (for a crainioplasty when the tumor has invadied the bone). Can you mix 62147 with Skull Base Procedure codes. Also... [ Read More ]
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